What's your theme song?

[tickleshotel]

Sentimental Lady by Bob Welch

You are here and warm
But i could look away and you'd be gone
Cause we live in a time
When meaning falls in splinters from our lives
And that's why i've travelled far
Cause i come so together where you are

And all of the things that i said that i wanted
Come rushing by in my head when i'm with you
14 joys and a will to be merry
And all of the things that we say are very
Sentimental gentle wind
Blowing through my life again
Sentimental lady
Gentle one

 

[BigJim]

Update: Either the Dambusters March of the main theme from Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3.

 

[steph]

Mr Fahrenheit (sp?)
music and lyrics by Freddie Mercury

 

[Enny]

Well I don't think you can just have 1 theme song. For me it all depends on my mood..

Angry~ War within a Breath by Rage Against the Machine
Happy~ Gasolina by Daddy Yankee (It's latin rap, I have no clue what their saying but it makes me want to move my hips! 🙄 )
Sad~ Pictures of Me by The Cure

But if it were to be a daily thing I'd have to say...
Stranger than Fiction by Bad Religion

a febrile shocking violent smack
the children are hoping for a heart attack,
tonight the windows are watching,
the streets all conspire,
and the lamppost can't stop crying,
if I could fly high above the world,
would I see a bunch of living dots spell the world stupidity?,
or would I see hungry lover homicides,
loving brother suicides,
and olly olly oxenfrees,
who pickaside and hide

the world is scratching at my door,
my morning papers got the scores,
the human interest stories, and the obituary

cockroach naps and rattling traps,
how many devils can you fit upon a match head?,
caringosity killed the Kerouac cat,
sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

in my alley around the corner,
there's a wino with feathered shoulders,
and a spirit giving head for crack and he'll never want it back,
there's a little kid and his family eating crackers like thanksgiving
and a pack of wild desperados scornful of living

the worlds is scratching at my door....

cradle for a cat, Wolfe looks back,
how many angels can you fit upon a match?
I want to know why Hemingway cracked,
sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

life is the crummiest book I ever read,
there isn't a hook, just a lot of cheap shots,
pictures to shock and characters an amateur would never dream up

 

[Mephistopheles]

Mad World (I forgot who sang it, but it's in Donnie Darko)

 

[Stevereeno]

The Playmakers theme song, from the hit ESPN series. The song is on the homepage.

http://espn.go.com/eoe/playmakers/index.html

 

[ticklishscribe]

While I know we're only supposed to pick one, I have three.

Poems, Prayers And Promises
(John Denver)

I've been lately thinking about my life's time, all the things I've done and how it's been.
And I can't help believing in my own mind, I know I'm gonna hate to see it end.
I've seen a lot of sunshine, slept out in the rain, spent a night or two all on my own.
I've known my lady's pleasures, had myself some friends, spent a time or two in my own home.

I have to say it now, it's been good life all in all, it's really fine to have a chance to hang around.
and lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire
while all my friends and my special lady sit and watch the sun go down.
And talk of poems and prayers and promises and things that we believe in.
How sweet it is to love someone, how right it is to care.
How long it's been since yesterday, what about tomorrow
and what about our dreams and all the memories we share?

Days they pass so quickly now, the nights are seldom long.
Time around me whispers when it's cold.
The changes somehow frightens me, still I have to smile. It turns me on to think of growing old.
For though my life's been good to me there's still so much to do.
So many things my mind has never known.
I'd like to raise a family, I'd like to sail away and dance across the mountains on the moon.

I have to say it now, it's been good life all in all, it's really fine to have a chance to hang around.
and lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire
while all my friends and my special lady sit and watch the sun go down.
And talk of poems and prayers and promises and things that we believe in.
How sweet it is to love someone, how right it is to care.
How long it's been since yesterday, what about tomorrow
and what about our dreams and all the memories we share?



The River
(Victoria Shaw/Garth Brooks)

You know a dream is like a river
Ever changin' as it flows
And a dreamer's just a vessel
That must follow where it goes
Trying to learn from what's behind you
And never knowing what's in store
Makes each day a constant battle
Just to stay between the shores...and

I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I'll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry

Too many times we stand aside
And let the waters slip away
'Til what we put off 'til tomorrow
Has now become today
So don't you sit upon the shoreline
And say you're satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide...yes

I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I'll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry

There's bound to be rough waters
And I know I'll take some falls
But with the good Lord as my captain
I can make it through them all...yes

I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I'll never reach my destination
If I never try
So I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry

Yes, I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry
'Til the river runs dry


And finally a song that I wrote and when I had finished it, I realized that I had written it about myself

Sailing on a Dream.

There's a ship out on the ocean
and she's racing with the wind
on a fair tide that's turning her home.
With the stars in the sky to guide her
and the sun to warm her way
which ocean she chooses to roam.

Now she's cresting on the water
and she's breaching like a whale
on a course that's as true as can be.
she's an ocean going stallion
and her sails are her mane
she's a thoroughbred of the sea.


And that ship I see as you
out on the ocean blue
and your sails
they are filled with the breeze.
I see you full and bye
ore' the ocean you fly
making your own way on the sea.


There's a quiet and sheltered harbour
that will welcome you one day
as you drop anchor in some friendly home.
but the sea will always call you
she'll be tugging at your heart
and soon ore' the ocean you'll roam.


And that ship I see as you
out on the ocean blue
and your sails
they are filled with the breeze.
I see you full and bye
ore' the ocean you fly
making your own way on the sea.


Now the trade winds whisper softly
their spirit's calling you
your yearning has come you want to stray.
it's your free spirit that does guide you
and you do not stay to long
for it's calling you onward today.

Now your bow is pointed seaward
and the shore is off your stern
with a morning tide sailing you away.
For the rainbow that you're sailing
it is cresting on the dawn
your anchor is raised, you're on your way.


And that ship I see as you
out on the ocean blue
and your sails
they are filled with the breeze.
I see you full and bye
ore'the ocean you fly
making your own way on the sea.


And that ship I see as you
out on the ocean blue
and your sails
they filled with the breeze.
I see you full and bye
ore the ocean you fly
making your own way on the sea
making your own way oh so free.


I wish you all Pease, Love and many tickles and I hope you all enjoy them.

 

[lightninbug]

Thought of 2 more that seem more & more to "fit"...

Playin' In the Band by the Grateful Dead

Some folks trust in reason
Others trust in might
I don't trust in nuthin'
But I know it come out right
say it once agin now
Whoa, I hope you understand
when it's done & over
A Man is just a Man
Playin in the Band

St. Stephen/ The G. Dead

.....Talk about yer plenty,
Talk about yer ills
One Man Gathers
What another Man Spills.


With a hey-non-nonny & a Hot-cha-cha
BUG

A Pirate Looks @ 40...(or 52?)
And
Son of a Son of a Sailor

Both by Jimmy Buffet
Go figger!

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Pretty much any ditty performed by these blokes would sum-up the general mood of antipathy and mordant dyspepsia here Labside of late.

 

[jaymoney]

My theme song would change depending on my ever changing moods. But if I had to pick a couple that I would consider my theme song they would be:

"Ain't It Fun" by The Dead Boys
"White Man in the Hammersmith Palais" by The Clash ( RIP Joe Strummer)
"Moonlight Mile" by The Stones

 

[some guy]

Enemies of Reality

my theme song is "Enemies of Reality" by Nevermore


We are the nothing grating against the norm
We are the something that will not conform
No one understands what we've been given

We are the useless by-products of soulless meat
We are all gone we all sing the same tradgedy

Open wide and eat the worms of the enemy
We are the enemies of reality, in a world that's unforgiving

Waiting to sanitize bastard tongues
To purify the ignorance that hides the sun
The less you understand the more you're driven

Packaged and processed the masses are force fed
The standards they judge us on swallow the rot we shed

Open wide and eat the worms of the enemy
We are the enemies of reality, in a world that unforgiving

Breathing dust and decay while I'm sipping
Human trust and betrayal
Losing faith once again
Take my hand my friend, my foe, I am enemy

Open wide and eat the worms of the enemy
We are the enemies of reality, in a world that's unforgiving
Open wide, eat the words, become what you most fear

 

[isabeau]

unfortunately and there are a few in here who know me and know this is appropriate because of some deep seeded insecurities:

paranoia by the kinks

paranoia the destroyerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


isabeau

 

[Ray<3tiklishft]

Perhaps the theme from the Three Stooges.....

But really, I would want Santana's 'Smooth'.

"And if you said this life ain't good enough
I would give my world to lift you up
I could change my life to better suit your mood
Cause you're so smooth......

And it's just like the ocean, under the moon
Well it's the same as the emotion that I get from you
You got the kind of loving that could be so smooth yea

Give me your heart, make it real,
Or else forget about it"

 

[unit5610]

"Chains" by The Beatles

(I changed one word in this song. See if you can tell which one)

Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains.
And they ain't the kind that you can see.
Whoa, oh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah.
Chains, well I can't break away from these chains.
Can't run around, 'cause I'm not free.
Whoa, oh, these chains of love won't let me be, yeah.
I wanna tell you, pretty baby,
I think you're fine.
I'd like to love you,
But, darlin', I'm imprisoned by these...
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains,
And they ain't the kind that you can see,
Oh, oh, these chains of love got a hold on me.
Please believe me when I tell you,
Your feet are sweet.
I'd like to kiss them,
But I can't break away from all of these...
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains.
And they ain't the kind that you can see.
Whoa, oh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah.
Chains, chains of love…

The word he changed is "lips". The word he changed it to is another (predictable) body part about 7 lines up from the bottom!

Being somewhat of environmentalist I've always loved "Nothing But Flowers" by the Talking Heads, especially the second stanza..

Years ago
I was an angry young man
I'd pretend
That I was a billboard
Standing tall
By the side of the road
I fell in love
With a beautiful highway
This used to be real estate
Now it's only fields and trees
Where, where is the town
Now, it's nothing but flowers
The highways and cars
Were sacrificed for agriculture
I thought that we'd start over
But I guess I was wrong

Once there were parking lots
Now it's a peaceful oasis

This was a Pizza Hut
Now it's all covered with daisies

I miss the honky tonks,
Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens

And as things fell apart
Nobody paid much attention

 

[Newcastle Uni]

Well I don't think you can just have 1 theme song. For me it all depends on my mood..

Angry~ War within a Breath by Rage Against the Machine
Happy~ Gasolina by Daddy Yankee (It's latin rap, I have no clue what their saying but it makes me want to move my hips! 🙄 )
Sad~ Pictures of Me by The Cure

But if it were to be a daily thing I'd have to say...
Stranger than Fiction by Bad Religion

a febrile shocking violent smack
the children are hoping for a heart attack,
tonight the windows are watching,
the streets all conspire,
and the lamppost can't stop crying,
if I could fly high above the world,
would I see a bunch of living dots spell the world stupidity?,
or would I see hungry lover homicides,
loving brother suicides,
and olly olly oxenfrees,
who pickaside and hide

the world is scratching at my door,
my morning papers got the scores,
the human interest stories, and the obituary

cockroach naps and rattling traps,
how many devils can you fit upon a match head?,
caringosity killed the Kerouac cat,
sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

in my alley around the corner,
there's a wino with feathered shoulders,
and a spirit giving head for crack and he'll never want it back,
there's a little kid and his family eating crackers like thanksgiving
and a pack of wild desperados scornful of living

the worlds is scratching at my door....

cradle for a cat, Wolfe looks back,
how many angels can you fit upon a match?
I want to know why Hemingway cracked,
sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

life is the crummiest book I ever read,
there isn't a hook, just a lot of cheap shots,
pictures to shock and characters an amateur would never dream up

I liked your other two choices, but that Daddy Yankee song is on its arse.

 

[duannewalton]

From The Animals...

Baby, do you understand me now
Sometimes I feel a little mad
But don't you know that no one alive
Can always be an angel
When things go wrong I seem to be bad
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Baby, sometimes I'm so carefree
With a joy that's hard to hide
And sometimes it seems that all I have do is worry
Then you're bound to see my other side
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
If I seem edgy I want you to know
That I never mean to take it out on you
Life has it's problems and I get my share
And that's one thing I never meant to do
Because I love you
Oh, Oh baby don't you know I'm human
Have thoughts like any other one
Sometimes I find myself long regretting
Some foolish thing some little simple thing I've done
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

 

[giantfan121262]

"Eye of the tiger" by Survivor"

In life I have been hit, knocked down, and come right back fighting.

 

[Morning Angel]

Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen. 😀

Oh my god, I think you're me!!

Had you asked me this question a couple of years ago, I would have said "Seventeen" by Janis Ian

Ok, that confirms it Mimi - you are definitely me! "Fat Bottomed Girls" has always been one of my favourite songs, and I too have gradually learned to be proud of my junk-in-the-trunk. I get happy whenever I hear that opening "Ohhhh" vocal line 😀 I also used to feel a sort of bitter agreement with "Seventeen" too, having lived through high school in a dateless void. But now, thinking back on the people in my high school, I'm glad of that!😉

Other possible theme song lyrics:

"Whiplash girlchild in the dark" - Venus in Furs by Velvet Underground (I don't know what a whiplash girlchild is, but I sometimes like to think of myself as one)

"I think I'm paranoid, and complicated" - I Think I'm Paranoid by Garbage (Thanks BOFH for this one, lol)

"Still don't know what I was waiting for,
And my time was running wild, a million dead-end streets and,
Every time I thought I'd got it made it seemed the taste was not so sweet.
So I turned myself to face me, but I've never caught a glimpse,
Of how the others must see the faker,
I'm much to fast to take that test
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the stranger)
Ch-ch-changes
Oh, look out, you rock'n'rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the stranger)
Ch-ch-changes
Pretty soon now, you're gonna get older.
Time may change me, but I can't trace time" - Changes by David Bowie (Been through so many life-changing things lately I barely recognise myself sometimes!)

As always, there's a ton more that aren't coming to mind now. Good thread!

 

[naveltkltr1350]

I wont back down ~ Tom Petty

scars ~ Papa Roach

Bad Religion ~ Godsmack

You shook me all nite long ~ Ac/Dc

Unforgiven ~ Metallica

i could go on..a lot of songs represent me. Ill tell ya whats scary, the movie Sin City and the Character Marv and I are identical in personalities. "I dont hit dames."

 

[AffectionateDan]

The obvious answer is my most recent fav, that's in my siggy...

...but it's actually a tie between two of my lifetime favorites. Survivor's "Eye Of The Tiger", and John Parr's "Man In Motion".

Growin' up, you don't see the writing on the wall
Passin' by, movin' straight ahead, you knew it all
But maybe sometime if you feel the pain
You'll find you're all alone, everything has changed
Play the game, you know you can't quit until it's won
Soldier on, only you can do what must be done
You know in some way you're a lot like me
You're just a prisoner and you're tryin' to break free

I can see a new horizon underneath the blazin' sky
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's Fire

Burning up, don't know just how far that I can go (just how far I go)
Soon be home, only just a few miles down the road
I can make it, I know I can
You broke the boy in me, but you won't break the man

I can see a new horizon underneath the blazin' sky
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's Fire

I can climb the highest mountain, cross the wildest sea
I can feel St. Elmo's Fire burnin' in me, burnin' in me

Just once in his life a man has his time
and my time is now, I'm coming alive

I can hear the music playin', I can see the banners fly
Feel like you're back again, and hope ridin' high
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's Fire

I can see a new horizon underneath the blazin' sky
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's Fire

I can climb the highest mountain, cross the wildest sea
I can feel St. Elmo's Fire burnin' in me
Burnin', burnin' in me, I can feel it burnin'
Oooh, burnin' inside of me...



Enny's got a point.... people are just to complex to have only ONE theme song... we've all got a soundtrack!

"Eye of the tiger" by Survivor"

In life I have been hit, knocked down, and come right back fighting.

And you said this once already! *bonk!* 😛

 

[Darth Vegeta]

hmmm

Probably the Imperial march suits my stern and sour way of looking in public and my cynical outlook on life.
Or perhaps 'in the end' of Linkin Park... describe me pretty well Oo;

 

[Catwoman]

Josie and the Pussycats.
Long tails and ears for hats.
Guitars and sharps and flats.
Neat, sweet and groovy song
You're invited, come along

(hurry, hurry)
See ya all in Persia
Or maybe France.
We could be in India
Or perchance
Be with us in Bangkok
Makes no difference
Everywhere the action's at
We're involved with this or that.

(come along now)
Josie and the Pussycats.
No time for purrs and pats.
Won't run when they hear "Scat!"
There where the plot begins
Come on watch the good guys win.

Josie & the Pussycats.
Josie & the Pussyca-haaaats-yeah

 

[RobAce]

Well I actually would want 1 of 4 depending on my mood.

Mellow..The theme from Sanford and Son, come on all..sing it
DA DA DA....DA DA DA DA DA DA.....DA DA DA, DA DA DA DA DA DA.... DA DA DA DA DA DA!!!!!!!!!!

Normal Mood..Asshole by Dennis Leary
THE ENTIRE SONG!! Its just fits me....

Angry...or when I hear too many "opinions"
WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME by Public Enemy..
These verses in particular * denotes diffrent verse Im not writing the whole song just what I think points most to me.
Ive got so much trouble on my mind, refuse to lose..heres your ticket. Hear the drummer get wicked.
*I dont know about later, as for now I know how to avoid the paranoid. Man Ive had it up tp here, Yeah my will got em goin in fear.
*Sad to say I got sold down the river, still some quiver when I deliever. Never to say I knew or had a clue, word was heard plus hard on the boulevard. Lies, Scandalizing faces, those filled with hate to celebrate with Satan..I roped a doped that evil with righteous bobbin and weaving and let the good even...Come on down, and welcome to the terrordome.
(That lines is for certain somebodies as is this last one)
*Its weak to speak and BLAME somebody else, when you DESTROY yourself.
*I dont smile in the line of fire I go wild.
*When I get mad I put it down on the pad and give you something that you never had. Controlling, fear of highrolling..god bless your soul and keep living. NEVER A LIE, Kickin it loud, Dropping a BOMB! Playing a game called intellectual Vietnam. Move as team, never move alone...Welcome to the Terrordome.

Lastly..when Im sad or down...I am I said by Neil Diamond

I am I said, to no one there.
And no one heard at all, not even would share.
I am I cried. I am said I.
And I am lost and I cant even say why.
Leavin me lonely still.

Fini.....
Rob

 

[kis123]

Sometimes life necessitates change

Due to some recent events in my life, I've made a few changes:

My life-Bon Jovi
Theme from Mahogany (Do you know where you're going?) Diana Ross
I get knocked down (don't know the group)

Yeah, I'm going through something. Song choices will change as I plod through this muddy mess best known as my life.

See 'ya on the other side!

 

[CurtWild]

either ace of spades or HBK`s entrance music....depending on my mood.